Improvement in faucets



.l. JONES. Faucetfs.

Patented Sept. 22,1874.

' VZZIe-A'Je UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN JoNEs, or UTI'OA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,240, datedSeptember 2.2, 1874; application filed August 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN JONES, of Utica, Oneida county and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Faucets orSpigots; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, with the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to that article of manufacture known as faucets orspigots to be fastened into barrels or casks to facilitate the draft offluids. It consists in furnishing a gate to move vertically in suitableguides to serve as a cut-off to the flow, the same being operatedthrough the agency of cog and rack gear by a lever pivoted loosely tosaid gate or cut-0E.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same on line .90 a; of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

A is the shell of the spigot, which should be conical in form andprovided, if necessary, with screw-threads to assist in fastening itsecurely into the head of the cask, or to be furnished with any othercommon assistance for securing it firmly to the vessel from which thefluid is to be drawn. This shell is cast or formed with an enlargementat its head to form a hold to the screws which are used to secure it tothe guide-pieces B B. These guide-pieces have a rabbet fashioned ontheir inner edges their entire length, which feature, together with theface of the shell, forms the grooves in which slides the gate 0. Ononeof these guide-pieces is formed a rack, which is engaged by aspur-wheel, D, which is pivoted loosely to the gate 0. Extending fromthe spur-wheel is the lever-arm E, which in the hands of the operatorrevolves about the movable axis of the said spur=wheel, and carries withit up or down the gate 0, which closes or opens the orifice F in theshell of the spigot.

I am aware that spigots have been made and used with gates movingvertically in guides to open and close the same; but in these the pinionhas been located on the outside of the guides, so that in opening andclosing the gates they are caused to bind against the side opposite tothe pinion, and it is necessary to provide a friction-wheel to ob viatethis difiiculty and give a smooth and even movement. In my gate I placethe pinion or gear-wheel on the gate itself, which does away, in a largemeasure, with this difficulty just mentioned, and gives a smooth andeven movement, and is comparatively free from frictional wear.

What I claim as new and my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

A spigot having a gate moving vertically in upright guides, and providedwith a rack fixed to said guides, combined with a spur-wheel or pinionsecured to the gate itself, and moved by a lever carrying with it saidgate, as described, for the purpose set forth.

JONATHAN JONES.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. JoNEs, CHARLES WICKHAM.

